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Are you Prepared?For humanitarian action, Scouts must Be Prepared, at all levels!Most National Scouts Organizations (NSO) responding to disasters and humanitarian crises consider they have improvised and did not have ade-quate preparation. As an individual, a Scout unit or a NSO, Scouts must be prepared.
Preparedness is the phase of the Disaster Management Cycle where govern-ments, organisations, and individuals develop plans to save lives, minimise disaster damage, and enhance disaster response operations.
Scouts are often first to respond when disaster strikes and sometimes, they must act alone to save lives. Being prepared as an individual Scout helps keep you and your entourage safe.
Develop an emergency plan with your family
Acquire and maintain a survival kit for your family
Get informed about local disaster risks and community resources
Be aware about evacuation procedures, routes and shelters
Work toward first aid, disaster preparedness or similar speciality badges if any
Register in a first aid course and get certified
Most organized response start with local Scout units or groups. Their actions, often dictated by the circumstances, could be improved and implemented in a safer way with better advance preparation.
Develop an emergency plan for your unit activities
Support and encourage young people to get trained and work toward first aid,
disaster preparedness or similar speciality badges if any
Develop age appropriate, themed games and scenarios linked to local risks
Map local hazards and resources, identify the most vulnerable members of the community
Carefully assess your unit’s capacity and resources to assist the population
Select appropriate actions in advance, determine roles and responsibilities
Bring awareness and educate the population to help them access and use vital information
Follow NSO’s policy and procedures, and act in coordination with the national leadership
Get involved in community emergency drills, warning systems, evacuation plan
Partner with humanitarian and community organizations for preparedness and response
What you could do as an individual Scout:
What your Scout unit could do:
While response initiatives often start at local level, National Scout Organizations are expected to provide coordination, guidance and resources.
What your National Scout Organization could do:Develop national humanitarian action policy and procedures
Create a national position or structure, linked to the National Youth Programme Committee,
for humanitarian action coordination
Develop age appropriate Youth Programme components related to humanitarian action
Develop educational resources and offer training opportunities for volunteers
Develop national partnership with humanitarian organisations and government agencies to sup-
port national and local initiatives
Be aware of coordination mechanisms and resources available at WOSM regional
and global levels
Raise funds to support preparedness and response activities
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